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KMStopic:
hypertext issues
KMStopic:
hypertext links
KMSgroup:
hypertext navigation
KMSgroup:
KMS, a knowledge management system
KMSgroup:
user interface

KMStopic:
hierarchical structures
KMStopic:
integrated browser and editor
KMStopic:
KMS frames

Summary

Hypertext is chunking information into frames (also called nodes or cards). Each frame contains links to other frames. Navigation by following links is the primary access mode. Typically, each frame is displayed in a separate window.

Hypertext pre-dates the World-Wide Web (cbb 1/04)

Subtopic: rich design space, better than desktop up

KMSquote: hypertext provides a rich design space with much potential for enhancement [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: hypertext can have a simple, standard user interface (better than desktop metaphor) [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: other discussions of hypertext issues, will highlight differences [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: hypertext design involves many tradeoffs, system can become too complex; strive for simplicity [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: large hypertext databases are hard to create [»akscRM7_1988, OK]

Subtopic: hypertext chunks info up

KMSquote: hypertext chunks information into small units of text [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: hypermedia includes graphics, images, sound, and animation
KMSquote: hypertext displays one information unit per window [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: hypertext nodes displayed one per window or expanded in place [»akscRM7_1988, OK]
KMSquote: KMS uses time multiplexing (quick frame display) instead of space multiplexing
[»akscRM7_1988, OK]

KMSgroup: hypertext up

KMStopic: hypertext issues
KMStopic: hypertext links (8 items)
KMSgroup: hypertext navigation
  (4 topics, 55 quotes)

Related Topics up

KMSgroup: KMS, a knowledge management system   (12 topics, 130 quotes)
KMSgroup: user interface   (3 topics, 31 quotes)

KMStopic: hierarchical structures (14 items)
KMStopic: integrated browser and editor (7 items)
KMStopic: KMS frames
(23 items)


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